TikTok CEO meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew met with President-elect Trump in Florida on Monday, becoming the latest technology leader to meet with the president-elect ahead of Inauguration Day. Trump and Chu met on Monday at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill. The talks come as […]
TikTok turns to US Supreme Court in last-ditch bid to avert ban
TikTok made a last-ditch effort to continue operating in the United States on Monday, filing a law aimed at forcing China-based parent company ByteDance to sell the short video app by January 19. They asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block the decision. Prohibited. TikTok and ByteDance file emergency request with judge to halt impending […]
TikTok asks Supreme Court to delay divest-or-ban law
TikTok filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court on Monday seeking a stay on a law banning the video-sharing platform nationwide unless it exits its Chinese parent company. of company application form It asks the court to hold off on a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or ban the company until a judge resolves […]
Trump says he has a 'warm spot' in his heart for TikTok as app faces ban
President-elect Trump said Monday he has a “warm place” in his heart for TikTok, as the popular social media app faces a possible ban next month. Asked if he would work to prevent the ban from going into effect when he takes office, Trump said he would “look at it” and credited his victory in […]
Lawmakers tell Apple, Google to prepare for TikTok ban
Top lawmakers on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) House of Representatives Select Committee on Friday told Apple and Google to prepare to remove TikTok from their app stores as a possible ban next month looms. Committee Chairman John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) and Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) are joined by Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google's […]
Federal appeals court blocks push to delay January TikTok ban
A federal appeals court in Washington has rejected a request from social platform TikTok to effectively postpone the app's ban next month. The rejection comes as the company sought an injunction on Monday to block the ban and is preparing to appeal to the Supreme Court. This was done after requesting the D.C. Circuit Court […]
Appeals court rejects TikTok request to temporarily halt pending US ban
On Friday, a federal appeals court rejected an emergency bid by TikTok to temporarily block a law that would have required Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell the short video app by January 19. TikTok and ByteDance filed an emergency motion Monday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, asking for […]
Meta, TikTok and Google to be forced to pay for Australian news | Australian politics
Digital platforms will be forced to pay for Australian news regardless of whether they strike new deals with publishers, and companies like Meta will not be able to circumvent news media bargaining provisions. On Thursday, the Albanon government announced the “News Bargaining Incentive.” This is a fee that applies to digital platforms and is effectively […]
Will TikTok be banned in January? Here's where things stand as deadline nears
(NEXSTAR) -It may not be able to introduce tiktok for a long time unless social media companies find a way to prevent new laws from becoming effective. According to the rules signed by the law in April, Tactoku will be banned or in the United States to break the relationship with the Ordinance by the […]
The clock is running out on TikTok in the US
Freedom of speech has clashed with national security before. The Federal Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., held unanimously last Friday. TikTok app could be banned in the US the court upheld the law The bill, known as the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Control Applications Act, requires social media apps to relinquish Chinese ownership […]